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Nobody should use Philips when Torx will do. Philips is useful when you have weak parts that you want to avoid over-tightening. But otherwise, Torx is less pron
by akvadrako 5y ago
Nobody should use Philips when Torx will do. Philips is useful when you have weak parts that you want to avoid over-tightening. But otherwise, Torx is less prone to stripping and requires less downward pressure, making repairs easier.
- laputan_machine 5y agoHow hard are you torquing a screw into a plastic case? Really? If you're stripping a PH screw head it's almost always a case of using the wrong sized driver
- q3k 5y ago> it's almost always a case of using the wrong sized driver And that's why Torx is also better: it's easier to identify find the correct size of the driver needed for an in-the-wild fastener :). And if you're expecting people to have a nice collection of PH drivers, you might as well expect them to have a collection of T drivers...